Definition of "water-sodden" [water-sodden]

• Soaked and softened in water; water-soaked.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "MARQUEZ: In the Hollywood hills, a house crumpled after the water-sodden hillside behind it gave way."
• "The landlady had me carried back to my office, where I lay like a water-sodden log, wholly unconscious, until the next morning."
• "He drew a parcel from under his arm and laid out afore her the wreck of a water-sodden billycock hat, a rag of a dark-blue flannel shirt and one ginger-coloured sock in a pretty ruinous state."